the last reply to this mail was 9 days ago! now I would like to know what has been decided by today and any progress done so far ?
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Hempal Shrestha <hempalshres...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 6:59 AM, Abhishek Singh <aks.abhis...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> On 05/19/2011 06:18 PM, the.n...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> Abishek Dai, We need to start this stuff! i know its not easy at all as >> the Kapil dai says, but how will we know until we have tried! I want to give >> my full support to you! >> rho >> >> On 19 May 2011 16:50, Bibek Paudel <eternalyo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 7:02 AM, Abhishek Singh <aks.abhis...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > On 05/19/2011 10:43 AM, the.n...@gmail.com wrote: >>> > >>> > Date, Time, Venue? >>> > >>> > On 19 May 2011 09:06, Abhishek Singh <aks.abhis...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> On 05/18/2011 09:48 PM, Kapil wrote: >>> >> > A very encouraging decision i'd say.I've been subscribed to >>> >> > this >>> >> > mailing list for quite a bit and perhaps this is the first one that >>> >> > really lifted my hope for a enlightened technical persons in Nepal. >>> >> > I >>> >> > hope you can come up with a detailed plan soon.Perhaps we'll can >>> >> > muster >>> >> > enough from the community itself to take this initiative. >>> >> > >>> >> > Thank you, >>> >> > Kapil Raj Nakhwa >>> >> > >>> >> > On Wed, 2011-05-18 at 10:03 +0545, Abhishek Singh wrote: >>> >> >> Dear All, >>> >> >> FOSS Nepal has been doing a lot of FOSS advocacy and >>> >> >> implementation since its inception. But we feel that there needs >>> >> >> some >>> >> >> momentum in s/w development side as well. As most of the community >>> >> >> members are aligned towards programming/development, we would like >>> >> >> to >>> >> >> explore in this area too. Also that the development would support >>> >> >> local needs (customizations and localization). In order to initiate >>> >> >> in >>> >> >> this direction, I would like to propose "Start-Up" sessions. The >>> >> >> concept is as below: >>> >> >> 1. To organize focussed weekly session on various techinical >>> >> >> how-tos. >>> >> >> 2. The programme would be targeted at developing skills in the >>> >> >> trainees. >>> >> >> 3. The programme, as the name suggests, would cater to create >>> >> >> basic technical expertise. >>> >> >> 4. The programme would help at capacity building for the >>> >> >> community members. >>> >> >> 5. The distant goal of this programme would be to create a >>> >> >> pool >>> >> >> of people (might be divided into various SIGs, if the >>> >> >> number >>> >> >> is large), so as to form a development concern inside the >>> >> >> community. >>> >> >> 6. Also that the programme will host a platform for the >>> >> >> community >>> >> >> members to meet and socialize. >>> >> >> I'm currently trying to prepare a detailed project plan for this >>> >> >> concept and your suggestions are not only welcome but highly >>> >> >> encouraged. As we all know that it's a community effort and would >>> >> >> be >>> >> >> far from the community spirit without the involvement and feedback >>> >> >> from the community members. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> Thank You. >>> >> >> -- >>> >> >> Abhishek Singh >>> >> >> FOSS Nepal Community >>> >> >> http://wiki.fossnepal.org >>> >> > >>> >> Thanks Kapil for your encouraging words. I'll try to come up with the >>> >> plan as soon as possible. I'll be working on it on the weekend. We'll >>> >> need to decide on a first set (at least 5 sessions) to start with. >>> >> >>> >> Also that I would like to request everyone to suggest topics that they >>> >> would like to have start-up sessions upon. This will help us to >>> >> finalize >>> >> a first set of session out of community interest. >>> >> >>> >> Thank You. >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> Abhishek Singh >>> >> FOSS Nepal Community >>> >> http://wiki.fossnepal.org >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >>> I think the proposal is very nice and absolutely commendable. Just a >>> suggestion to Avishek: (from my observations) maybe it will not be a >>> good idea to start or 'plan things' until a few people share your >>> enthusiasm equally. This is certainly very hard for someone to do >>> alone, and even with just 'passive participants,' you might only feel >>> like having wasted your time later. >>> >>> However, single person's enthusiasm has achieved a lot of great >>> things- and certainly a generalized observation should not deter >>> anybody from trying out good things :) >>> >>> Cheers! >>> -b >>> >>> -- >>> FOSS Nepal mailing list: foss-nepal@googlegroups.com >>> http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: foss-nepal+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> >>> Mailing List Guidelines: >>> http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines >>> Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ >> >> >> >> -- >> シ ZZZZZZzzzzzzzssshhhhh.............. >> -- >> FOSS Nepal mailing list: foss-nepal@googlegroups.com >> http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: foss-nepal+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> >> Mailing List Guidelines: >> http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines >> Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ >> >> Thanks Bibek and "the.nube" for your suggestions/encouragement. By this >> thread I'm also trying to access the interest of the community in such >> projects. Also to note that most of the enthusiasm in the community remains >> unnotices as they do not surface on the mailing list, ;( . Though it would >> be a sheer joy if most of the community folks share this enthuse with me. >> >> @Bibek: I'm even counting on you to run a few sessions (probably online). >> Hoping for even a greater participation. > > > Yes indeed, the fact remains that there is ample expertise among the > community members who subscribe to this list. Also,it would be great if more > community members could pour in their views, topics and issues. > > Looking forward for more deleberations > > with kind regards, > > Hempal Shrestha > >> >> Thank You. >> >> -- >> Abhishek Singh >> FOSS Nepal Community >> http://wiki.fossnepal.org > > -- > FOSS Nepal mailing list: foss-nepal@googlegroups.com > http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal > To unsubscribe, e-mail: foss-nepal+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > Mailing List Guidelines: > http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines > Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ > -- FOSS Nepal mailing list: foss-nepal@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: foss-nepal+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com Mailing List Guidelines: http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/
